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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:15:30 -0800
From: Gary Johnson <garyjohn AT spocom DOT com>
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Subject: Re: fetchmail pops up console windows
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On 2009-01-13, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> >>>>> Gary Johnson writes:
> 
>     > On 2008-02-22, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
>     >> Hi
>     >> 
>     >> This still bugs me. fetchmail pops up console windows when delivering
>     >> mails to procmail.
>     >> It doesn't matter if I run fetchmail directly from the commandline (in
>     >> my case in a rxvt window under X) or as a service.
> 
>     >> Any hint what could cause this popup windows is appreciated. I'm running
>     >> under XP SP2 with the latest packages installed.
> 
>     > I'm having the same problem running fetchmail as a daemon from the
>     > command line.  Were you able to find a solution?
> 
> Yes, cockpit error, I didn't follow the cygwin fetchmail README:
> 
> fetchmail --nodetach is your friend
>           ^^^^^^^^^^

Thank you!  That worked, at the expense of having to keep a terminal
open.  I then tried this,

    fetchmail --nodetach >> fetchmail.log 2>&1 &

which leaves the terminal free, doesn't have the pop-up console
windows, and can be killed with "fetchmail -q".

Regards,
Gary



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